Hags

Hags are corrupted creatures, created when one pledges themselves to the Ynue Mirani. This causes their appearance to slowly change over time, making them look diseased and decayed.

Because they have made a deal with an Ynue, their souls become corrupted.

Appearance

They resemble people with corrupted and decayed features, often sporting mutated, claw-like nails or fangs for teeth. They also develop boils and pus-filled protrusions on the skin. All of these may be symptoms the hag suffers from.

These things don't happen immediately, and not all of them happen necessarily. They start looking like normal mortals, but as they use their new powers, it affects them more and more, until nothing of their previous self is left, and Mirani takes them for herself.

Service

Hags are initially created by their own will, because they seek the power to either poison their enemies or heal their loved ones. However, once they are Mirani's, they always will be, and the things she demands from them grow increasingly destructive.

She might demand the poisoning of an entire village or the spreading of diseases. She might order them to sacrifice a newborn to her, or any variety of other things.

Hags are not born—they are made. The transformation begins when someone bargains with Mirani, the Ynue of rot and ruin. Often, this bargain is made under duress: to cure a diseased loved one, save a dying child, or take revenge on those who harmed them. In exchange, Mirani offers magic, poison, disease, and healing, but the price is steep and permanent.

Each use of Mirani’s gift deepens the bond. The magic reshapes their essence, warps their soul, and invites corruption. In time, the reapers will no longer come for them. Mirani doesn't claim their souls, though, instead leaving them to become wraiths.

Appearance

Hags begin as ordinary mortals, but slowly degrade into something half-human, half-corpse. Their transformation is not uniform, but common signs include:

Swollen limbs or flesh gone necrotic.
Fungal growths or pus-filled blisters.
Claw-like fingers and jagged, animal-like teeth.
Rot-blackened eyes or flesh oozing unnatural fluids.

These changes occur over time, often accelerating with each spell cast. Some hags mask their decay with illusions or enchantments—but up close, the truth always reveals itself.

Powers

Mirani grants her hags dominion over decay, disease, and toxic transformation. Their magic walks the line between healing and harm, and their power often takes the form of:

Curses and blights that spoil crops or sicken enemies.
Unnatural brews that poison unsuspecting consumers.
Turning insects into the carriers of dangerous diseases.
Unnatural endurance and the ability to survive injuries that would kill others.

Their magic is not free. Every act of sorcery deepens their dependence, and each use invites new physical degradation.

Service and Devotion

What begins as a willing pact quickly becomes servitude. Mirani is not a forgiving mistress. Her demands grow steadily darker. First the poisoning of a neighbor, then the spreading of a plague, then perhaps a blood sacrifice in her name.
Hags do not control the cost of their magic. If they refuse her commands, they are stripped of their power, or worse, transformed fully into mindless, crawling husks that exist only to spread disease.
While many hags begin with noble intentions, almost none end that way. Over time, the line between service and identity blurs, until they are little more than extensions of Mirani’s will.

Legacy

Hags are feared and hated across the land, often hunted when discovered. Legends speak of entire villages ruined by a single hag’s bitterness. Some claim that they spread disease merely by walking through a place.
Yet not all are openly malevolent. Some hide in swamps or forest ruins, offering secret cures to those brave enough to seek them out, always at a terrible price.